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mu⋅si⋅cale

  [myoo-zi-kal]
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–noun
a music program forming the main part of a social occasion.
Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; < F, short for soirée musicale musical evening
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mu·si·cale   (myōō'zĭ-kāl')   
n.  A program of music performed at a party or social gathering.

[French, from (soirée) musicale, musical (evening), feminine of musical, from musique, music; see music.]
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musicale 
1872, from Fr. musicale, short for soirée musicale "musical evening (party)."
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